Before the pen: Feb. 13-Feb. 19.

This makes me happy! This is going to be a short week for me since I will have Monday off for President's Day. But I already know that this will e another eventful week! And I'm ready for it!!





Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Design Sticker Store
Stickers {love} PIpsticks& personal stash & my own

After the pen: Feb. 06-Feb. 12.

Ice cream is most definitely cheaper than therapy! just sucks that I am [in what it seems like a never ending cycle of getting] sick, mix that in with the whole vog ladidahs and its just plain misery! These past two weeks have been very draining, bu I'm still holding my head up and smiling...and that's all that really matters, right?!?






Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & personal stash & my own

Pipsticks: February 2017.

 It's always a happy moment whenever I get any kind of happy mail! And today was another "happy moment"...moment. :) Another awesome envelope filled with stickers! And it's always an a mystery what kind of stickers I get...even though at times we get a sneak peak through IG, I always am excited to see what kind of stickers I am going to get! :)

Pipsticks is "a company founded on the idea that little things can make a big difference....[they] are IN LOVE with stickers and understand their power to make you smile." They "connect and collaborate with thousands of amazing sticker lovers all over the world...[their] stickers are selected by designers and sourced from around the world." They do an amazing job at making sure that you will get a HUGE variety of stickers each month. You will also get an pre-stamped postcard to decorate and send out and other "paper goodies" in your awesome envelope packet. And it's sent like a regular letter with a cute stamp on it!

There are four different packages that you can choose from. There are two packages for kids and two for adults. For kids, there is the "Kid's Club Classic" for $14.95/month which will get you 15+ sheets of stickers, 1 postcard, and 4 sheets of craft paper. And the "Kid's Club Petite" for $9.95/month and that comes with 7+ sheets of stickers and 2 sheets of craft paper. For the adults, the "Pro Club Classic" for $14.95 will get you 15+ sheets of stickers, 1 postcard, and 1 quote card and the "Pro Club Petite" for $9.95 will get your 7+ sheets of stickers and 1 mini quote card. Shipping is free within the US, but there is an additional $3/month for international subscribers.

I can never mistake this envelope for anything else other than my beloved Pipsticks subscription. I love how each envelope each month has a different pattern...and it's all so cute! :)

And each envelope is always in a protective plastic sheath thing so that it won't get messed up in transit, at least that's what I'm thinking. :)

So, here is everything I got in my envelope...first glance, and I'm super excited to see it all! :)

I do love reading the newlestter and just seeing how much time and effort they put into it makes it more better! :) There is always a lot of good things to read in it.

I'm excited about this! I do have plenty of penpals, but I do love Postcrossing and so I do want to see what this other site is about! :)

My ticket number is obviously not the wining number...but my goodness it's SO off, and it can't possible be even from the same batch of tickets! Makes me wonder...oh well, maybe one day it'll be my turn to win something...

So this is what the next winner will next month. Suzie Sunshine, cute. :)

On the back of the newsletter, it's always a different pattern...just like the envelope. If I didn't like the newsletter so much I would have used the back pattern for some of my art journaling. One day I might, but for now I would like to keep them. :)

I am still on a hunt for a photo frame. It's measurements are 8.5x5.5...and it's a lot harder to find something that I am satisfied with than I though! But I do love these quote cards! I love them all and I feel like i should be using them more! I don't like putting them to no use...so I need to find a frame to use...

On the back of the quotes cards is always these cute patterns. All these cute patterns! I love them!

I love these! I just need to find the time to actually design these and send them out. I always know who I'm going to send them to, just need to find the time to actually design these pre-stamped postcards!

Here's my ticket for the next raffle. Let's see how it fares!

I have already looked through all my stickers and this is the only sticker sheet that disappointed me. I actually do love this sticker sheet, but it's missing several stickers...and some are folded and bent, and that to me is a disappointing. This isn't the first time that this has happened, and I'm sure that it's not the last, but I was hoping that it wouldn't happen so frequently. I did write them and I have yet to hear from them. But from what I have learned, they have excellent customer service, and I have no doubt they will get back to me. I told them that I didn't want a replacement,  I was just letting them know so that they can maybe improve quality control. But yes, like I was saying...I still like the theme of this sticker sheet! :) Cosmics...how cool!

Look how cute these tiny stickers are! They are perfect for my planners and my postcards! I they are super cute! :)

These sumo wrestlers are just the cutest! I love them! I can think of a number crafts/projects I can use these!

These are beautiful! I love them and I have to say that these are my favorite stickers from these pack! :) I love love love them!

I like cats, I do, but I am not crazy about cats...and I feel like I am always getting cat stickers. I do have to say, though, a lot of the postcrossers that I've come across like cats, and so I can always use them on my postcards, but I won't be sad if I had less stickers of cats.

I love these kine stickers! I can always use them in my planners! I love how they are all glittery and tiny enough to use.

These are cute! I love these...I've always had a thing with feathers...

I love these stickers! They are so me! I know that these are something I will use with only special things. :)

Yes, yes, and yes! I love all these animal stickers! I can always use these for a lot of things...I love them so much!

I am so starting to love sticker flakes a lot! I love how I get all these sticker flakes because I find that I am always using them! :)

Look at all the stuff I got, and despite getting a sticker sheet that was missing stickers, I still really loved this pack! I love all the stickers and paper goodies that I got! I love and appreciate it all!

 If you are a sticker lover like me, I recommend you subscribe to this subscription. You do get a lot of stickers and random ones that you can add to your collection. So, what are you waiting for!? Go to Pipsticks now and join me in this awesome sticker/paper goodies fun! :)

Before the pen: Feb. 06-Feb. 12.

After such a down week last week I wanted something "sweet"-like to make me smile and few things can make me smile faster and put me in a more better mood than ice-cream! Anything sweet really! I know I have such a sweet tooth, I'll never deny that! But this sticker kit and these stickers definitely put me in a more happier mood just by looking at them! It will be a good week!

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Planner.Pickett
Stickers {love} Pipsticks& personal stash & my own

After the pen: Jan 30-Feb.05.

I was feeling sick and extremely frustrated this week. I am glad to leave this week behind. At least I was able to get most everything I had planned to do this week done and the things I didn't get done are in the process of being checked off.

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Jan. 30-Feb. 05.

Wow! Time sure is flying! This week will be bringing the 2nd month of the year: February! I can't believe how fast it's all going! In the past, the second month has usually been hard for me...but this year it WILL be different! One day at a time, is what i have to tell myself!

 I have decided to add tracker stickers for all the postcards/letters/mail that I send out and receive. Last week, I had started to write down all the ones that I received and reminders of the ones that I had to send out still, and I realize that if I was going to keep doing that, I need a more organized way to do it...hence that tracker stickers. :) I like how they make my planner more organized looking. :) I do like to doodle in my planner every-so-often though...and there's not much room for that, but I figured that this IS my "master planner" and so it would make sense that more stuff would been to be tracked on this planner than my other's. At least I can doodle and express myself art wise in my other planners! But I do love how this one is coming along! :)

Well, here's to the new week and a new month! Whoooohoooo!! :)


Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & personal stash & my own

After the pen: Jan. 23-Jan29.

This was a very productive week for me (despite having a minor setback on Thursday when I had to go home early fro work coz I caught whatever bug the keikis had)! My highlight this week was when we celebrated my adorable nephew's 2nd birthday. his presence has made my world a lot brighter, that's for sure! I am pumped and read to see what this next week will bring!

I am now comfortable with the flow of how I do my planner. And I am learning to love the Monday start and the classic size of this planner does not intimidate me as much anymore. It is "Master Planner" so it does stay home and I look at it constantly when I am home. I have a compact sized planner that I take with me...so that is more mobile, but this one connects all my other planners/to-do list together.

My favorite part of my planner (well, all of it is!), is what I like to call my "planner's highway." And that is the middle-ish part of my planner where I place the full-box stickers. When I use to only have my compact planner, I really didn't like how all the post-its that I would use would cover a lot of the planner and the words that I would write. My "planner's highway" allows me to still use all the post-its that I want and at a glance I can see where I can stick the things that I need to do, but don't really need to have a definite place for them-without them covering everything!

What I like to do with my "planner's highway" is put like a "mobile" to-do list. For example, I know that I like to vacuum at least twice a week. So, on 2 separate post-it, I will write down "vacuum"  and place one on one side of the week and the other on the other. And it is a visual for me to see that I have to so many days to still vacuum until the next half of the week or visa versa. I do it with a lot of things that I see that I spend to much time with like writing postcards for Postcrossing or SendKidsTheWorld. I can write postcards for those two company's all day! I love doing it! So I designate two days a week that I do it...however, if I find that I have time and have finished all my other tasks for that day, I still am guilty of writing more. :) Or making art in my art journals...and so forth. So that is why I like my "highway" in my planner. I hope that makes sense! :)

Well, I like productive weeks-yet HATE feeling not well! But I think everyone does! So yay! For such an accomplished week! :)





Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} DesignStickerStore
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

Stickii Club: Fairy Tale World Sticker Set.

Last week there was sale on the Stickii Club website and I saw these adorable Fairy Tale stickers that I had to have! I can think of a million things to do with them...but I don't even know WHAT I will do, but I just had to have them! I got them at a good deal...and I really wanted them. :)

Just looking at the stickers make me smile! I love them so much! I had to get them, and plus, you can never have TOO MUCH stickers...ever. :)

Before the Pen: Jan 23-Jan29.

I am excited for this week! This will be a good week! I specifically picked this sticker kit from DesignStickerStore because I just love the color combination and I love all the flowers and polar bear stickers. I tried to make it so that whenever I see this planner in the morning when I wake up and when I get home it will make me smile. Simple things make me smile and seeing an organized and pretty layout in my planner makes me smile. :)  I am consciously going to work really, really hard to sleep at a decent time. I bought Melatonin pills...so if it comes to it, I will take it. I hate taking pills of any kind. Oh yeah, I have to say...I LOVE the rubber stamps that I got from Target! I am SO thankful for the dollar section at Target! :) This will be a good week. :)


Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} DesignStickerStore
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

After the Pen: Jan. 16.-Jan. 22

This week was a rough week for me. The whole week I felt like I couldn't really get my baring, if that makes any sense. It wasn't any one thing, just I wasn't feeling this week. I did end it lovely though.  A few friends and I took my DollGirl out for a fun, adventure, exploring kind of day...so that was good. Other than that, this week wasn't really one that I would remember or anything. But I survived it...and I get to start all over next week. :) yay! to lovely planners that keep me grounded when I feel like the world just wants to crumble around me!

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Jan. 06-Jan22.

I may have today off in honor of MJK jr...but this week is going to be busy, busy, busy! I decided to make a sleeping schedule tracker,  because I really am struggling in the sleeping department of my life! I love to sleep though! But my brain is always active, and won't let me go to sleep at a decent time! I do try though...I really do. I even go to bed at a decent time, but I am just laying there with a mind that doesn't stop for hours before going to sleep! I hate it! I am going to see if it helps me visually when I document the times I go to sleep and when I wake up! I am not saying that it's going to work, but at least I can document my sleeping pattern and visually see if I have a problem.

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

After the pen: Jan. 09 - Jan. 15.

My first week back to teaching after my winter break was...up and down and inside and out. It was chaotic..(I didn't know that I was going to have TWO new keikis joining my class AND licensing came!) but it was also fun. I miss "my" kids when I don't see them. This week, I participated in my first LuLaRoe party, which my sister-IL hosted. Their shipping was SUPER fast! The party was on Monday and by Saturday I was able to wear my first LuLaRoe shirt! WOW! I also spent a super fun day with my family...and I SURVIVED my first week of the year back at the preschool! I would say that it was a pretty good! :)

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} SnsTreasures
Sticker {love} Pipsticks & personal stash

New Planner: Law of Attraction.

I was going back and forth whether or not I was going to buy another Passion Planner...compact one, to bring around with me. I already knew that I was going to remain loyal to my favorite planner, but then when I received the classic Passion Planner, I knew that there was NO way that I was going to be taking that around with me! It is SUPER huge to be in my bag (even though I am known for my "suitcase" like bags that I like to "truck" around!) So I decided to go with this Law of Attraction planner, which is still a bit larger than I am used to carrying around, but I do carry it in my teacher bag...so at least I have that.

I have heard a lot of great things about this planner. A lot of people say that it's similar to the Passion Planner. (But I believe that that Passion Planner came out first). Here's what I say to that though, I think ALL planners are similar! I mean, they are all planners for crying out loud! :)

I did notice that this planner is thicker than most planners that I have had....so I decided to take some pictures of the inside to show you around this planner that I am coming to love. :)

I can see why people are saying that this planner and the Passion Planner are similar. They both encourage "road maps" of goals in your life and they do have the journal pages between months and stuff...but, like I said, each planner is unique and also the same to each other since they all serve one purpose...to be used as a tool to help people organize their lives...daily, monthly, and yearly...I mean, how many ways can you make a planner...?!

This pictures is of the weekly spread. I did get the undated version...which I should have read the fine print when I bought this planner...I think that I would have liked a dated one, but that's okay. I am getting more comfortable making my own planner stickers. Nothing fancy...but it does that I need them to do. :)

I decided to keep this planner pretty straight forward and simple. I made stickers for the whole month of January already...and I think that I like how it turned out!

This is the first week before the stickers...and just so you know what it looks like before any plans are written out.

And here is my spread up-to-date and then some. I like to plan out my week and then cross and change and make adjustments where it is needed so this week is all planned out already. This planner will be traveling back and forth with me from school and home and other. I can't always keep it in my bag, but it is more portable and smaller than my Passion Planner...and I like it. :)